Tag: walts wall

Blown Out of Blowhole

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive
Post date 2008-06-06

By Nautilus Staff on June 6th, 2008 in Archive

Dive #2 was “off-slack” at Pearse Wall. The slipper cucumbers here are normally a huge hit but the very strong current was back-eddying the wrong way on the wall and the divers weren’t able to make it to the “hot” part of the dive site. Dive #3 was at the very aptly named Blowhole. Between 20 knot west winds and very strong currents, it’s easy to see why locals call this narrow little pass “Blowhole.” The site is beautiful with anemones and gersemia rubiformis (soft red coral) but the real feature is hundreds of basket stars including a canyon absolutely loaded with them.

Tags Anemones, basket stars, blowhole, British Columbia, dolphins, invertebrate life, orcas, pacific white-sided dolphins, Pearse Island, pearse wall, plumper rock, queen charlotte sound, red coral, slipper cucumbers, stubbs island, walts wall

Diving with Mudsharks at Telegraph Cove

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike
Post date 2007-06-09

By Nautilus Staff on June 9th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike

Walt’s Wall on Pearce Island turned out to be the highlight of today with spectacular visibility. We were able to see waayyyy down the wall from the deck of the skiff and enjoyed the dive almost as much as our divers!! It is a spectacular site much like San Miguel Island in the Channel Islands with heavy invertebrate life throughout the kelp forest and down over the edge of the wall.